become divisive
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Used to describe the process of something starting to cause disagreement.
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- The debate over the new law quickly became divisive within the community.
- Without careful handling, this discussion could become very divisive.
- Over the years, the topic of climate change has become increasingly divisive.
- The issue of funding for the arts threatens to become divisive in the city council.
- The new CEO's policies caused him to become a divisive figure among the staff.
- We must prevent this topic from becoming divisive in our team meetings.
- As the election nears, political rhetoric is becoming more divisive.
- The question of national identity has become so divisive that rational debate is difficult.
- Historically, language policy has often become a divisive issue in multicultural nations.
- Allowing the argument to become so divisive was a failure of leadership.